Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 14, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LViL.—NO. 88 Balletin NORWICH, 'I:he ‘éulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double T l""a\ o CONN., WEDNESDAY, AI;RIL 714, 7719i5 TEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS i Any Other P%lbe{', and Its Total Circulation is the I:afg;ast in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population CONFLICT UNABATED IN THE CARPATHIANS \Vienna Contradicts Reports Sent Out From Petrograd Telling of Russian Successes AUSTRIANS HEAVILY REINFORCED BY GERMANS Announcement Indicates That Another Great Battle in Poland §s Not Far Distant—Austrians Launch Furious Attack South of Bukowina—There is a Pause in Furious Bat- tles Which Have Been in Progress in France for the _Past Eight Days. Where for the past eight days there ve been violent onslaughts by the ch against German positions and figorous counter-attacks by the Ger- fmans in the Woevre region. calm now ‘Feigns, apparently with a view to glv- #ng the belligerents on each side a e to galn their second wind pre- tory to further maneuvers pre- iminary to the expected great spring #ight for supremacy. Affairs in France. | *Calm along the whole front,” is the Mway the latest French official commu- Inication characterizes the situation on ‘the battle line in France, but it adds Rhat all the positions that have been captured by the French have been maintained and consolidated. In the Carpathians. i In the Carpathians, however, espe- iclally the Uzsok Pass, the fighting con- @inues with the same intensity that fhas prevalled for weeks and made the {Snow-capped peaks and passes virtu: les. P}mxrad asserts that after idesperate encounters the heights near Yhe villages of Bukovitz, Beneft and Vyssokonizy were captured Dy the PMuscovites and with them 53 officers and 2,700 men and one gun and 20 Emgchine guns. enna takes issue with this state- ‘ment by declaring that the Russian attacks in the vicinity of the Uzsok Pass, which is considered to be of the est strategic importance as an tlet to the plains of Hungary were repulsed with heavy losses. Likewise 1s Vienna at variance with Petrograd’s claim that advances have been made by the Muscovites on both banks of the Ondawa and on several of the ‘heights east of Telepotch, for Vienna ‘sserts that elsewhere in the .Car- pathian region than the Uszsok Pass ‘gector the situation is unchanged. Austrians on Offensive. The Austrians have taken up the fensive further south in Bukowina ching furious night attacks dur- ing a torrential rainstorm. At close quarters the bayonet was brought into lay and Petrograd declares that the Biomstan “troops. held the advantage, The reports that collisions between weconnoitering detachments in Poland becoming more frequent would cate seemingly that another great ttle In this territory is not far dis- tan t. Germans Aid Austrians. For some days it has been known fthat the Germans and Austrians were agh shoulder to shoulder in_the Carpathians. Advices reaching Italy from Vienna say that large additional forces of Germans have passed through ‘Budapest on the way to this battle front in order to attempt to hold back the threatened invasion of Hungary by the Russians. It is asserted that the defense of the mountain chain has been largely entrusted to the Germans. Political Side of War. On the political side of the war one of the questions that has long_been in dispute between the United States and Great Britain has been settled. The British government has agreed to purchase the cargo of foodstuffd destined for Germany on board the American _steamer Wilhelmina. The owners of the cargo have accepted Great Britain's _offer. The United States has been asked by Great Britain to investigate the treatment that is being accorded Brit- ish prisoners in Germany in reprisal for the imprisonment of German sub- marine crews in England, URGING GORGAS TO GO TO RELIEF OF SERBIA To Stamp Out the Typhus Scourge Now Prevalent. Washington, April 13—The Serbian agricultural relief committee of Amer- ica today urged Major General Wil- liam C, Gorgas, U. S. A., to accept the post offered him by the Rockefeller Foundation and take charge of the fight to stamp out the typhus fever scourge in_Berbla. The committee's chairman, Dr, T. T. Wells, of New York, forwarded the message. General Gorgas had not defintely de- clded tonight what answer he would give the foundation. BRITISH TORPEDO DESTROYER TEN MILES UP DARDANELLES. A Heavy Fire Was Directed at Her, But She Was Not Hit. London, April 14, 212 a. m.—Reuter’s Tenedos = correspondent, telegraphing Tuesday, says: “The British torpedo boat destroyer Renard entered the Dardanelles yester- day on a scouting mission and ran up the straits at high speed for over ten miles, penetrating the water probably farther than any of the British ships have yet done. A heavy fire was di- rected at her, but the destroyer was not hit, “The British battleship London, which followed the Renard into the straits, drew most of the enemy’s fire. The batteries on the Asiatic side, es. pecially the howitzers behind Erenkeui, were active. but those on the Buropean side were quiet. Possibly the Turks have withdrawn part of their artillery on the European side in order to be able to mass it quickly at any spot the allied armies may choose for a landing.” WOVERNMENT INSURANCE § BUREAU PAY$ $401,000 First Claim Paid for Loss of the Eve- Iyn Off Coast of Holland. ‘Washington, April 13.—The govern- ment war risk insurance bureau paid its first claim today for losses due to the Buropean war. A treasury war- rant for $401,000 was drawn in favor of Harriss Irby and Vose of New York, owners of the American steam- er Evelyn, sunk off the coast of Hol- land, supposedly by a mine, February 20. The Evelyn was the first American boat lost during the war.! Of the smount pald $301,000 was for her car- 0 of cotton and $100,000 for her hull Kecessary proof of loss reached the treasury department April 1. The bureau to date has earned pre- miums amounting to $1,453,000 out of @« total of premiums paid up to April 7 amounting to $1733,000. The govern- ment is expected to salvage some of the Evelyn's cargo and thereby reduce its net loss. DARING HOLDUP OF A BANK MESSENGER Robbed of $863 in a Business Sec- tion in New York City. New York, April 13.—Another dar- Ing holdup of a bank messenger in the district of the city occurred Py When Morrls Flelshmann, em- ployed by the National Shirtwaist Company of 37 West 20th street, was attacked by two men in the elevator of the bullding his firm occupies, beat- en into unconsciousness and robbed of a satchel containing $363, the semi- Weekly payroll of the firm. Fleish- mann was so serlousiy injured by the thieves, who escaped, that it is thought he_will die. John Well, the elevator runner, told the police he was prevented from mak- ing an outcry or interfering, by one of the men, who kept him covered with a revolver. —— ‘Holland Orders German Steamer to Leave. qne Hague, via London, April 18, %128 p. m—it is announced semi- y that the German steamer Main, which had been lying in port at Flushing since the war began, left there yesterday for Antwerp. The Dutch government, it is asserted, dis- covered that the steamer was com- municeting by wireless with German .and ordered her to leave ST. LOUIS ALDERMAN INDICTED FOR FORGERY. Charge Based on an Alleged Fraudu- lent Deed of Trust. St. Louis, Mo., April 13—An indict- ment charging forgery in the first de- gree was voted by the grand jury to- day against A, H. Frederick, president- elect of the first board of aldermen chosen under the city charter. The minimum penalty for this offense is ten years' imprisonment. A bench warrant was issued at once for the arrest of Frederick, who at the hour the indictment was returned was at the municipal court building ar- Tanging for a $10,000 bond. The indictment was based on an al- leged fraudulent deed of trust sold to Mrs. Anna Weinheimer, & widow and a Dersonal friend, for $8,500. Movements of Steamships. New York, April 13.—Steamer Sant’ Anna, Marseilles for New York, sig- nalled. Dock 2.830 p. m. Wednesday. Gibraltar, April 12.—Passed, steam- er_Patris, New York for Piraeus, Kirkwall, April 11.—Arrived, steam- er Hellig Olav, New York for Copen- hagen. Genoa, April 12.—Arrived, steamer America, New York. Liverpool, April 12.—Arrived, steam- er Scandinavian, St. John, N. B. Bordeaux, April 18—gSalled, steamer La Touraine New York. New_ York, April 13.—Steamer Tor- mina, Napbles for New York, signalled. Dock 8.30_a. m. Wdenesfln:. New York, April 18.—Arrived, steamer Noordam, tterdam. Genoa, April 6~—Arrived, steamer Caserta, New York. New York, April 18—Arrived, steam- er Rochambeau, Bordeaux. New York, April 12.—Sailed, steamer Re D’Italfa, Naples. Halifax, N. S, April 13.—Arrived, steamer Pomeranian, Glasgow. Rotterdam, April 13.—8Sailed, steam- er Rotterdam, New York. British Admiralty Asks Canada for Recruits. Ottawa, Ont, April 18—The British admiralty hes asked Canada for re- cruits for the royal naval air service, it was announced here today, with the Tesult that the dominion government has notified men between the ages of 1# and 30 years who have an ambition for military aerfal work to make ap- plication to the Canadian neval service department at Ottawa. Arrangements are being made to give flying Instruc- tion in Canada. Cabled +vaphs Raising [ gread In London. London, A, i3, 10.40 p. m.—It has been decided sy the master bakers to advance the price of bread beginning next Monday to 17 cents per quarter loaf. A quarter loaf is about four pounds. Severs Storms on the Adriatio. Brindisi, via Paris, April 18, 11.30 ere storms are raging on the . Advices received here from Serbla and Montenegro are to the ef- fect that bad weather is preventing military operations. laly to Support Serbia’s Claims. London, April 14, 3.18 a. m.—“After prolonged negotiations,” says _the Daily Mail's Rome _correspondent, “Itely has agreed with the entents powers to support Serbia's claims to an outlet on the Adriatic coust.” Heavy Snow in the Alps. Milan, April 13, via Paris, 1130 p. m. —Winter has returned in the Alps. The snow lies several feet on the peaks and the temperature has fallen con- siderably under a strong north wind. In the valleys hailstorms have done much damage to the young crops. Emperor William Visits Brussels. London, April 14, 158 a. m—Em- percr William and Crown Prince Fred- erick William visited ®Brussels last Saturday and later went to Antwerp and inspected the German submarine works at Hoboken, says the Daily Tel- egraph’s Boulogne correspondent. WEEKLY FORECASTS BY THE WEATHER BUREAU This Week’s Promises Higher Temper- atures for Latter Half. ‘Washington, April 13.—Weather pre- dictions will be issued by the weather bureau hereafter every Tuesday with forecasts for the week beginning the following day. The new feature will take the place of a weekly general forecast formerly issued each Sunday, but_discontinued owing to the inter- ruption of cable communication be- cause of the European war. The first issue of the forecast today, for the week beginning April 14, says in part: “North Atlantlc states—generally fair until the 18th to 20th, when the weather will become unsettled with probably local showers. Temperature will be low during the I4th to_ 16th followed by a marked change to high- er temperature, the latter half of the week, “Middle Atlantlc states—Fair until near the close of the week, when there will be -a short period of unsettled weather and showers. First half of the week will be cool and probably frosts: the latter half of the week much ‘warmer. GARRISON MAKES PLEA FOR LOCAL AUTONOMY At Jefferson Birthday Dinner of Na- tional Democratic Club. New York, April 13.—Lindley M. Garrison, secretary of war, made a strong plea for local autonomy-in gov- ernment in an address on democracy at the annual Jefferson birthday dinner of the National Democratic club here tonight, while Senator James Hamlil- ton Lewis of Illinois eulogized Presi- dent Wilson and said he did not belieye the president would consent to be- come a candidate for re-election if all his policies had been executed into laws. Democrats were presen from all parts of the country. Some of the most widely known were Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the president; Senator Ollle M. James of Kentucky, Senator Charles F. Johnson of Maine, Representative J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama, Morgan J. O'Brien, Charles F. Murphy and John M. Riehle. 33,000 WOMEN REGISTER FOR SPECIAL WAR SERVICE. To Take Places of Men in England During the War, London, April 13, 10.82 p. m.—Thirty- three thousand women had registered themselves for special war service up to the end of March. This statement was made tonight by Walter Runci- man, president of the board of trade, to a deputation representing the vari. ous women's societies in London. Six thousand of the women, Mr. Runciman said, had declared them- selves willing to work in armament factories, 4,000 in clothing factories, 1,700 in dairy work, 500 as gardeners, 2,000 in various branches of agricul- tural work, 1,100 as shop assistants, 500 as leather workers and 5000 on the clerical work. NEW BRITAIN REPUBLICANS WIN OFF-YEAR ELECTION. Increase Majority in Common Council —About 3,000 Votes Cast. New Britain, Conn., April 18.—The republicans won the off-year city elec- tion today and increased their major- ity n the common council, the political complexion now being republicans 24, democrats 6. The standing last year was 20 to 10 in favor of the-republi- cans. The surprise of the day was the republican victory in the Fifth ward, which is normally strongly dem- ocratic. About 8,000 votes were cast. OBITUARY. Mrs. lIsabel Shelton Middlebrook. Hartford, Conn., April 18—Mrs. Isa- bel Shelton Middlebrook, mother of Louts Middlebrook, captain of the Yale university baseball team, died at her home here tonight after a long fliness. She is survived by her husband and another son. Harry, who is a substi- tute player on the Yale nine. Henry Dayton Beach. Brld!ggor'. Conn,, April 14—Henry Dayton Beach, former_ superintendent of rolling stock of the Naugatuck rail- road and former signal engineer of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, died at 11.80 last night at his home in this city. Mr. Beach was a 884 degree Mason and connected with a number of Masonic organiations, in- cluding the Knights Templar and Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is survived by one son and a daughter. He was born in Waterbury, and after the funeral on Friday the remains will be taken to that city for interment. Better Relations. ‘The newspapers regard as & sign of Dbetter relations between Greece a nd Bulgaria the signing of a convention facilitating the interchange of tele- graphic and facilities. The convention has been under discussion for many years. but has only just been carried through by the postai author- ities of the two countries, Villa Defeated at Matamoras ACCORDING TO REPORT TO CAR- RANZA AGENCY. WAS A COMPLETE ROUT Interest Now Centers in Outcome of the Impending Battle Between Gen- eral Villa and General Obregon. ‘Washington, April 13.—The state de- partment telegraphed tonigh to its con- sular agents in the vicinity of Celaya and Irapuato for more definite infor- mation on the military situation in that section. Agents were instructed to keep the American government promptly advised of developments. Interest in the outcome of the im- pending battle between General Villa and General Obregon is very keen among officials here, as the question of communication with Mexico City from the border and the relief of many in- terior towns euffering where food is short is at stake. Villa Forces Withdraw. Early reports from George C. Caro- thers, American consular agent at General Villa’s _headquarters, stated that the forces had withdrawn after the opening skirmishes. This_was taken generally to mean in official quarters that the Carranza claims of victory in the opening struggle were confirmed. “A report dated April 12th from Ira- puato.” the department's summary says, “stated that General Villa was still'at the front and that the battle will progress again after the troons had a good rest. It is said that the troops are in good spirits and that the fighting in which they were engaged lasted 36 hours. The engagement took place on the 6th and 7th and it is stated that General Villa’s troops were 50 exhausted that it was thought ad- visable to withdraw for rest and rein- forcements.” The summary contains only this brief mention of the renewed fighting at Matamoros: Wounded Soldiers Brought In. “The department is informed that the attack on Matamoros has been re- sumed. It appears from information just received that the battle started at 9.30 a. m. today. Wounded soldiers are, being brought in from the trench- es.' It is reported that cannon and reinforcements for the Villistas ar- rived last night.” The Carranza agency received a re- port from Brownsville saying the fight at:Matamoros had been “a compiete rout of the Villistas,” but giving mno details. HEAVY BLOW INFLICTED UPON VILLA ARMY. Bombardment of Matamoros Was a Complete Failure. Brownsville, Tex., April 13—In a sortie by 1,500 of the Carranaz garri- son at Matamoros today a heavy blow was inflicted upon the Villa army be- sieging them. General Saulo Navarro, second in command of the Villa troops, was brought to Brownsville tonight, dangerously wounded, and the Carran- %a consulate here claimed the Villa dead numbered 300. The sortle drew from the Villa forces their long- promised shelling of Matamoros, but the firing ceased when the Carranza garrison returned to the trenches with the positions of the armies virtually unchanged. During the bombardment eight shells passed completely. over Matamoros and four others dropped in the city, whero they did little damage and caused no known casualties. The shelling dem- onstrated that so long as the Villa cannon retain their present positions to the extreme west of Matamoros, z!;l:ownm ille probably is safe from shell e The last shots from the Villa artil- lery were fired late today when a train of freight cars, armed with machine guns. attempted to leave Matamoros, in the direction of the Villa lines. The Villa guns dropped two shells close to the train, whereupon the engineer backed into Matamoros, Both factions refused all day and tonight to permit persons to cross the river from Brownsville to obtain direct nesw of the fighting, and both claimed to have won the fight. Villa officers said the sortle first drove in the Villa outposts, but that the Carranza troops retreated when the Villa cavalry brought up its main force. The Villa troops were known to have some dead and wounded, but they de- nied the number was 300. Colonel A. P. Blocksom, in charge of the United States border patrol here, arranged to guard the American side of the river closely tonight. Extra forces were sent to the international bridge. { 350 VILLA SOLDIERS KILLED AFTER SURRENDER. Between Ten and Eighteen Were Executed. ‘Women Laredo, Tex., April 13—Information tonight from Carranza officers and sol- diers in Neuvo Laredo, Mex., indicated that 350 Villa soldiers who surrender- ed after yesterday's battle etween Villa and Carranza armies near Hul- sachito, 30 miles south of the border, as well a5 a number of Mexican wom- en, variously estimated as between ten ang eighteen, were summarily execut- ed by the Carranza forces. It was stated that a Carranza gen- eral ordered machine guns turned on one party of surrendering Villa men, resulting in the death of 76 in the par- ty. Another Carranza officer is cred- ited ‘with having killed 120 prisoners with a machine gun, while other Car- Tanza commanders were sald to have used revolvers freely in killing Villa men as well as women camp followers. The wounded, it was stated, were bay- oneted on the fleld. Carranza officers in Neuvo Laredo say the wholesale exectitions were or- dereq in retaliation for alleged similar killing of Carranza forces under Gen- eral Maclovia Herrera recently by Villa troops. Funston. Golng to Brownsville. San Antomio, Tex, April 13—Major General Funston, commander of the southern department, today said he would probably leave here for Browns- ville tonight to take personal com- mand of the border situation at that point, now that the Villa artillery at- tack on Matamoros had commenced. Rae Tanzer and Lawyers Indicted THE SLADES FOR CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE. A" DETECTIVE INVOLVED There Are Nine Counts in Indictment of Miss Tanzer for Misuse of Mails in Letters Sent to J. W. Osborne. New York, April 13—Rae Tanzer, Maxwell and David Slade of the law firm of Slade & ‘Slade, her attorney in the breach of promise suit she brought against James W. borne. former district attorney of York county and Albert J. McCullough,- a detective employed by the Slades, were indicted late today by the fed- eral grand jury which has been in- vestigating circumstances_surrounding the filing of the suit. Miss Tanzer is charged with using the mails in an attempt to defraud while the Slades and McCullough are charged with conspiracy. Nine Counts Against Miss Tanzer. There were nine counts in the in- dictment against Miss Tanzer, each one being based upon a letter she was alleged to have written to Mr. Os borne, addressing him as “Dear Oli- ve Miss Tanzer, it was charged in the indictment, used the mails in an attempt to defraud by mailing false representions that James W. Osborne had promised to marry her and by de- manding money and property from him. The first of the letters was dated October 21 and the last Februar 16. Some of these letters, the govern- ment contends, were mailed to Mr. Osborne at his office while others were addressed to him at the New York Athletic club, Lawyers Charged with Conspiracy. Two sets of indictments were re- turned against each of the Slades and McCullough. The first set charged conspiracy to obstruct justice, while the second charged conspiracy to wrongfully influence the testimony of witnesses, Seven indictments have now resulted from the grand jury's investigation of the suit brought by Miss Tanzer. Frank D. Safford, who said he saw James W. Osborne and s Tanzer at a hotel in New Jersey, was indicted last week for perjury. ~Miss Tanzer's sisters, Rose and Dora, were indicted yesterday on the same charge. They testified at a hearing accorded Rae that James’ W. Osborne, whom they identified, was the man who called frequently~at the Tanzer home. in the Bronx. It is these three witnesses, the indictments returned today charged, that the Slades and McCullough tried to influence. Oliver Osborne Testified, The grand jury investigation was started after a man who gave his nare as “Oliver Osborne,” the name Miss Tanzer sald she knew James W. Os- borne by, appeared and announced that he knew Miss Tanzer well and that she was writing letters to him at the same time the government claims she was addressing others to James W. O: borne and calling him “Dear Oliver,’ while the investigation was in pro- gress Miss Tanzer confessed that she had made a mistake and that James W, Osborne was not the man she knew. FUNERAL OF PROF, THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY Largely Attended by Distinguished Men and Women, New Haven, April 13—The funeral services for Prof. Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury, professor emeritus of Eng- lish at Yale, who died Friday evening at the home of Secretary Anson Phelps Stokes of the university, where he was making a call, were held this after- noon at Battell chapel at 2.10 o'clock, and were attended by a large gather- ing of distinguished men and women, prominent in the world of art and let- ters. The main floor of Battell was well filled, the great majority being members of the Yale faculty. Theodore Roosevelt, former presi- dent of the United States, who was one of the honorary bearers, reached New Haven at 1.45 o'clock this after- noon from New York and was met at the station by a few friends. Aside from Mr. Roosevelt the bearers were Dr. Arthur T. Hadley and Director Russell H. Chittenden, from the uni- versity administration; Professor Wil- bur L, Cross and Louls V. Pirsson, from the faculty of the Sheffeld Scien- tific school; Professor Willlam H. Taft and Henry A. Beers, from the other faculties of the university; Brander Mathews, who with. Mr. 'Roosevelt, represented the American ‘Academy of Art and Letters and George Dudley Seymour and former Governor Simeon E. Baldwin from the community. The simple common prayer book service was used by the Rev. Anson Phelps_Stokes, who conducted the ser- vice. Mr. Stokes was assist#d by the Rev. Dr. Stewart Means, rector of St. Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal church. Under the direction of Professor Jepson, the college choir sang Rock of Ages, and Abide With at the close of the service the death march from Saul was played. In the absence of Prof. Horatlo W. Parker, this was rendered by Prof. David Stanley Smith, who was a colleague of Professor Lounsbury in the Amer- ican Institute of Arts and Letters. The ushers at the chapel were Pro- fessor Willlam Lyon Phelps and Her- bert E. Gregory and Assistant Profes- sors Edward B. Reed, George H. Net- tleton, Tucker Brooke and Relph H. Van Name. The interment was in Grove Street cemetery, immediately after the service in Battell chapel Italian Government Safeguarding Art Treasures. Paris, April 13, midnight—The Temps says the Itallan government has removed all the art treasures from the museums and churches in Venice to Florence in the belief that an Aus- trian fleet would bombard Venice if war were declared. The newspaper says the transfer took place at night in order that the population might not be alarmed. Boy Drowned at East Hartford. East _Hartford, Conn., April ‘While playing on the of the Cbn- necticut river today, Arthur McCul- lough.. 4 vears old, fell into the river] and was drowned. The body was re- covered. 18— Condensed Telegrams Present output of copper from | mines of Lake Superior is about 000 pounds daily. Lawrence Lafferty, ordinance in- spector for the British Government at Pittsburgh, died of pneumon Controller of the Currency Williams issued a charter to the First National Bank of Cotton Plant, Okla., capital $35,000. General von Ditfurth, a member of the Prussia Diet, was reported killed in action against the Russians near Lomza. Over 500 men are given employment by the reopening of the mills of the Lockhart Iron & Steel Co., Me- Kees Rocks, Pa at “Newspapers are the greatest moral force in the community,” Billy Sun- toid a large crowd at the New York Press Club, Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the Den- ver Juvenile Court, was exonerated on all charges of misconduct in a report by the grand jurx The working schedule of the R ing Railroad Co.'s shops was incres ed from 4 Oto 50 hours a week over the entire system. President Wilson received a cable- gram from King Albert of Belgium thanking him for the greeting sent on the King's birthday. President Benavides of Peru zave a dinner in Lima in honor of former Senator Burton of Ohio who is tour- ing South America The Lord Mayor of London present- $5.800 to Captain Bell of the steamer Thordis for sinking 2 German subma- rine off Beach Head. Judge William E. Werner of the New York Court of Appeals, resumed his_duties after several months' va- cation due to il health. Conscripts of the 1916 class of the French army paraded through Paris and then left to join their regiments in the south and center of France. The Piute Indians brought to Salt Lake by General Scott were released excepting Tse-Ne-Gat, who is held at Denver for the murder of a Mexican. The Whitaker-Glesner mill at Wheeling. W. reopened, following the action of the local union of the steel workers in accepting cut in wag- es. Edwin Wood, a messenger of the Irvington National Bank, was indicted at White Plains, N. Y. on a charge of running away with $6,000 of the funds. The Interborough Rapid Transit Co., of New York lost its suit in the United States Supreme Court to escape pay- ing $500,000 in franchise axes to the State. The United States collier Jason ar- rived at San Francisco from Europ- ean ports, with a large cargo of val- uable exhibits for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. One hundred and fifty men from the St. John's sealing steamer Neptune were rescued from the ice floes dur- ing a blizzard off the coast of New- foundland. General Gerald Pau, who has been traveling in Russia, the Balkan States and Italy on a political mission, re- turned to Paris and was welcomed by a large crowd. The First Dockers battalion of Liv- erpool, of 850 men, paraded in khaki uniforms before Lord Derby, their commander and then marched to the docks to begin work. The Vermont Department of the Grand Army of the Republic muster- ed 150 veterans at the annual en- campment at St Albans yesterday. The net loss during the past year was 318, the deaths numbering 158. The trials of 134 miners arrested in cannection with the killing of W. Riggs during a_ fight between striking coal miners and deputies at Farming-" ton, W. Va, on Feb. 20, opened at Fairmont. Funeral services for Edward N. Nelson, editor of the Kansas City held next Friday afternoon, it was an- nounced last night. Burial will be in Kansas City. A defendant against whom a jude- ment of divorce has been granted on the grounds of adultery may marry again after five years, under the pro- visions approved by Governor Whit- man of New York. The cooling plant of the Cudahy Packing Co., at Kansas City was com- pletely wrecked by several heayv charges of dynamite, at a loss of $750,- 000. Austrians living in the foreign colony there are suspected. Assemblyman Reuben B. Oldfield was seriously injured, his wife hurt, and two _children narrowly escaped injury when the horse Mr. Oldfield was driv- ing near Bath, N. Y., ran over a 29- foot precipice, carrying, the carriage with him. John E. Conners, the Gardiner, Me., barber indicted on the charge of murder for the fatal shooting, ten days ago, at Gradiner of James Call- aghan, a hostler, was ordered com- mitted to the Augusta Staté hospital for observation of his mental condi- tion. Fire starting, It 1s belleved from a spark from a chimney, did about $5,000 damage to the New Haven Yacht club house at Morris Cove yes- terday. There was a high wind at the time and other nearby buildings were threatened but the blaze was confined to the clubhouse. The battleships Ohio, Missourl and ‘Wisconsin, the Naval Academy squad- n at present in the Philadelphia avy Yard, were ordered placed in full commission not later than Thursday to go to Annapolis about May 1 to carry the midshipmen on their sum- mer cruise. \ Announcement was made at Hart- ford of the appointment of Dwight N. Hewes of that city to be managing director of the Connecticut Children's Ald siclety. Mr. Hewes has been in business in Hartford thirty years and for ten years vice president and di- rector of the society. T | Star, who died early yesterday will be, OPPOSED UNION OF TELEGRAPHERS Vice President Brook of Western Union Says Strike of Thirty Years Ago Cost Company $5,000,000 INQUIRY BY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Company Does Not Care to Employ Men Interested in Union —Edward G. Reynolds, General Manager of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Co., Told of a Union Within the Company, the Officers of Which Took Up Grievances With the Head of the Company. Chicago- April 13.—The commercial, telegraph business, present subject of| inquiry by the United States commis. sion on industrial relations in session| here today, was presented from wide- ly divergent angles today The. witnesses were S. J. Konen- kamp, president of the Commercial| Telegraphers’ Union of America, who completed his testimony: _ Belvidere Brooks, vice president, former| general manager of Western| Union Telegraph company: Henry| Lynch, a telegraph operator who claim- ed that his unionism forced him to! into exile in Winnipeg, Canada, to find| H. P. Perham, president of the| of Railroad Telegraphers; Ed- | G. Barrett, of Downers Grove,| a Western Union employe who| confessed himself a former special| agent- or “spotter” and Edward G Reynolds, general manager of the Pos- tal Telegraph and Cable company. Mr. Konenkamp was on the stand only long enough to draw together loose threads of his previous testimony. Mr. Brooks made plain his opposi- tion to the Commercial Telegraphers’ union, as at present constituted, Strike Cost $5,000,000. “I will not say that we object to the present officials but that inference may be drawn,” he remarked. “Thiray years ago our company opposed the union, but just prior to 1807, when a_ strike was called which cost us ,000,000, the union became rejunevat- ed and we made no protest. Then came strike talk and we offered ar- bitratios On June 20- 1907, through) the instrumentality of Dr. Neill, com- missioner of labor and participated in by Mr. Perham and Mr. Konenkamp then a member of the eecutive com- mittee of the union—S. J. Small was president—an agreement was reached. The very next day a strike was call- ed in San Francisco which eventually’ spread all over the country. Since then we have not cared to employ men interested in the union. We can- not deal with an organization like that, as we could do with one headed by a man like Mr. Perham, or Com- missioner Carretson.” The witness sald he did not con- sider wages high enough. Men Walked Out in Ignorance. Mr. Perham took the stand to ex- plain that when the strike was call- ed S. J. Small was on the Pacific coast and could not be reached with news of | the agreement and then men in San Francisco walked out in ignorance of. it. Commissioner Aishton asked If it would Je possible for Mr. Perham’s executive committee to make so im- portant an agreemeni and leave him in ignorance of it. = The witness throught not, Mr. Reynolds said that_the ‘welfare of the employes of the Postal com- pany were his personal and special consideration. There is a union with- and the | Morse “alphabet. in the company, he said, officers of which take up grievances with the head of the company. Vacations with are allowed and there is a bene- fit_system. Tells of Coercice Tactics. “In 1907 members of the Commercial Telegraphers’ union were employed by us, but the strike was foreshadowed when the ion men began coercive tactics,” said the witness. “They made errors for the purpose of plac- ing their non-union companions in & had light and when they struck they did so without having made a single complaint or demand to the company. We were merely informed that they had been ordered out. It damaged the company greatly and would have wrecked it had not some old-timers like myself been able still to send the Mr, Reynolds disagreed with the Western Union witnesses on the wage question. [ They are paid as much now as they would be able to earn in any other line of endeavor,” he said. He stated that he had led in fighting loan sharks from whom the men were chronic sufferers and had provided sanita working quarters for em- ployes.’ “Our men are satisfied, absolutely,” he continued, “Spotter” Testifies. Barrett said that while engaged as a “spotter” he visited various cities, but Oklahoma City was the only place where he found union men and 80 reported to the company’s chief special agent, named Shoemaker. To get the information he joined the union. “I used honest methods to get the information,” he asserted. Commissioner O'Connell then read to him his application for membership. It bound the member to keep faith with fellow members, to do nothing to injure them and contained other dges of loyaity. ‘I didn’t read that stuff.” said Barrett. “A blank was shoved at me and I signed it without reading.” He said that he was at present employ- ed by the Western. Union and held membership in the Order of Raliroad Telegraphers. At this Mr. Konenkamp nudged Mr. Perham on the side and the latter grinned, whispered audibly “I_don’t know him.” Mr. Lynch said he was dismissed by the Postal Telegraph company where he had an unblemished record, for attending an open union meeting. He applied again and again for work with the Western Union, where he said he had a previous good record but was put off until he concluded employment in the United States was impossible. He was asked why he didn't get .work on a railroad and replied that the pay was too low. Ad- ditional telegraph witnesses will be heard tomorrow. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN President Wilson Has Signed an Exec- utive Order for Its Observance. Washington. April 13.—President Wilson tonight signed the following executive order, providing that fitting observance be given to the anniver- sary of the death of Abraham Lin- coln, who died 50 years ago next Thursday: “As an_evidence of the profound af- fection of the American people for the memory of Abraham Lincoln, it is hereby ordered that the executive of- fices of the United States shall be closed and that the national flag be displayed at half mast upon all fed- eral buildings and at all forts and military posts and naval stations and on all vessels of the United States and that the Tepresentatives of the United States in foreign _countries shall -in like manner pay appropriate tribue to his memory, on Thursday, April 15, 1915, the 50th anniversary of his death, “The owners and masters of all mer- chant ships of the United States are requested similarly to display the na- tional flag at half mast.” (Signed) “WOODROW WILSON.” CREW OF SEALER DECLINE TO SERVE Because of Failure of Fisheries—Re- fuse to Leave Ship, St. Johns, N. F., April 13.—The seal- ing steamer Terra Nova put in to Port Aux Basques today because 100 of her crew refused to continue the voyage in the face of failure of the fisherles. The men remained aboard the ship, how- ever, refusing to leave until provided with means of conveyance to thelr homes. Other vessels of the fleet which had been operating in the Guif of St. Law- rence report similar outbreaks among the crews. British Control of Alcoholic Liquors. London, April 13. 8 p, m—The Eve- ning Chronicle. which 18 in close touch with the cabinet, says the government is considering a plan for complets state control of the wholesale and re- tail trade in the domestic supply of alcohol. The plan, the newspaper adds, involves a state monopoly in the man- ufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors. _— One to Five Years for Arson. Rockville, Conn., April 13.—Lawrence A. Welch, 22 years old, pleaded gullty to a charge of arson today and Judge Shumway of the superior court sen- tenced him to state's prison from one to five vears. He admitted that he set fire to a barn in Ellington because he “liked the excitement’ EXPRESSES SYMPATHY FOR LOSS OF SUBMARINE F-4. Captain Boy-Ed, German Naval At- tache, Sends Letter to Daniels. ‘Washington, April 13.—Captain Boy- Ed, naval attache of the German em- bassy here, sent this letter today to Secretary Daniels: - “Assumink that the last hope that anybody is_still alive in the iil-fated submarine F-4 must now be abandon- ed, I beg to express the deepest sym- pathy of the imperial German navy and myself for the deplorable loss of 50 many brave officers and men. They died in loyal fulfillment of their patri- otic duty. Accept, Mr. Secretary, the assurance of my ' perfect considera- on. BLACK HANDER SENTENCED AT KINGSTON, PA. Dynamited Clergyman’s House Becau: He Would Not Pay Blackmail Wilkesbarre, Pa. April 13.—Michael Petrolionis, who pleaded guilty to dynamiting the home of the Rev. J. V. Kudirkas in Kingston, near here, under a Black Hand threat, was sentencéd today to not less than 11 years and 9 months and not more than 30 years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of_$1.406_ Petrolionis made a demand on ‘the clergyman for money. He was arrest- ed at the place he had designated that the money be left. Preparing Reply to Germany. ‘Washington, April 13—State depart- ment officlals’ were_considering today, the recent memorandum of the Ger- man ambassador, Count Von Bern- storff, on the question of the shipment of foodstuffs and the exportation of arms, but no intimation was given as to the character of the reply to be made. It is not known when the re- ply to the German memorandum will be sent, but ocials said no action would be taken for several days. 3 Chinese Revolutionary Association. San Francisco, April 13.—Leaders of the Chinese Nationalist association have issued a call for a convention of representatives of Chinese revolution- ary socleties in the United States to meet in San Francisco July 24 to. Au- gust 3, it was learned here today. Del- egates from more than 200 organiza- tions are expected to attend. X Florida May Vote on Prohibition. Tallahassee, Fla., April 13.—The lo} er house of the Florida legisiature to- day passed a bill for submission to thi voters in 1916 of a _constitution amendment for statewide proh The senate has not yet